Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 91-100 , April 2010

Relatives’ experiences of visiting a conscious, mechanically ventilated patient—A hermeneutic study

  • V. Karlsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Unit, Skaraborgssjukhus Skövde, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Box 457, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden
    • Skaraborg Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Skövde, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 500 432800.
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  • A. Forsberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Unit, Skaraborgssjukhus Skövde, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Box 457, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • I. Bergbom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Unit, Skaraborgssjukhus Skövde, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Box 457, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden

,Accepted 5 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.12.001

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 91-100 , April 2010

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